Aspects of Personality in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: A Psychological

Approach

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a

good fortune, must be in want of a wife.-opening line

Presented by:

Tienny Makrus0712150010

Presented as Partial Fullfillment of the Requirementsto Obtain the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree

in English Department

Chapter IIntroduction

A. Background of the Study1. To understand the personality aspects of the characters in it. 2. To know British society in the early nineteenth century.B. Problems Identification1. How Jane Austen describes her characters?

2. How does the main character's personality aspects according to psychological approach?

C. Problem LimitationThe psychology of the main character in this novel as a study of

psychological approach.

D. Problem Formulation1. How the characterizations are displayed?2. How does the main character's personality in terms of the

psychology approach?E. Objective of the Study1. To describe characterizations are displayed in the novel.2. To describe the personality of the main character in terms of

the psychology approach.F. Benefits of the Study1. For researcher2. For readers3. For students of the Faculty of Teacher Training and English

Education

Chapter IITheoretical Review

1. The Essence of Character• According to Endraswara (2008: 179), characters are

figures which are as well on measures of psychological.• According to Nurgiyantoro (2000: 176-177), the main

character is the preferred figure in the novel concerned.2. The Essence of Psychology

• Psychology is the science related to mental processes, both normal and abnormal, and its influence on behavior; knowledge about symptoms and mental activities. (KBBI)

• Psychology of literature is the study of literature that sees the work as a mental activity (Endraswara, 2003: 96).

• Personality is a pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person’s behavior. (Feist and Feist, 2010: 4)

• Freud divided the personality aspects into the Id (unconscious), the ego and the super-ego (both are partly conscious and partly unconscious).

FrameworkThis analysis is using textual approach that examines the

psychology of the main character in a literary work by using psychoanalytic theory of personality.

Pride & Prejudice

Fitzwilliam Darcy Elizabeth Bennet

Chapter IIIMethodology

• Research method: qualitative research.• Object of research: personality aspects of the main character,

Elizabeth Bennet.• Data sources: the novel, supporting books or texts.• Data collection technique: read and observed the novel.• Research procedures: build the structure theory of fiction,

read the novel, analyzed the main character, found other supporting books or texts, and interpreted it.

Mr. & Mrs. Bennet

Bingley & Jane Lydia & Wickham

Pride & Prejudice

Chapter IVA. Analysis

• Source Data Description• Novel Synopsis• Analysis Characterizations• Description of the Study Result:

– Id (family background and the need of the survival)– Ego (feelings of frustration and seeing through lies)– Superego (accepting the offer and happy marriage)

Lizzy

Charlotte & Collins

Jane Mary Kitty Lydia

Chapter IVB. Data Interpretation

The combination of Darcy and Elizabeth is gave an obvious literary idealistic style. It is not difficult to find that their emotional entanglements are occurred between the “love need” and “self-esteem” from psychoanalysis, and eventually, love harvests its fruit from mutual respect–marriage. Although the “ego” seems pitiful under the harsh conditions of the “id” and under the abusive practices of the super-ego seems pitiful, but the awareness of the “id” that is the need to survive, and super-consciousness of love, finally has to be reflected through rationality and the good quality.

Chapter VConclusion & Suggestion

A. ConclusionAusten describes Elizabeth Bennet’s character

successfully which is very different from other figures in literature and Freud’s psychoanalysis helps me in analyzing aspects of the personality of Elizabeth Bennet.

B. Suggestion

Georgiana Darcy

EndMy privilege is completing this study after obtaining the full

guidance of the best lecturers. Thanks

Jakarta, 16 August 2011